Bandwidth: A site this size costs roughly US$1400/month in bandwidth. That's without growth.

Servers: Luckily, we still have servers left over from the Slashdot days, and we've had a very generous recent donation of another box. However, more hardware costs several thousand PER MACHINE. We need at least dual processors, half gig RAM or more.

Amortize that cost out, and you're talking several hundred more per month.

Personnel: Oh. Wait. No one is paid to work here. Nevermind.

So, to summarize: E2 runs at roughly a US$1500/per month LOSS. Not GAIN, as some people seem to think. Donations are always appreciated, and I'm currently trying to find some innovative ways to make some money. Please /msg hemos if you have questions/queries/suggestions as to other misconceptions.